John Newcombe vs Toshiro Sakai Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis
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John Newcombe and
Toshiro Sakai have met 2 times. The series is tied 1–1.
Looking at their individual career profiles, John Newcombe has compiled an overall career record of 568–227 across 795 matches, translating to a win rate of 71.45%. On hard courts his record stands at 149–53 (73.76%), while on clay he holds a 134–57 (70.16%) mark. On grass the numbers read 164–45 (78.47%) , and on carpet 121–72 (62.69%). Throughout his career he has won 41 titles (16 hard, 7 clay, 7 grass, 11 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 20–30 (40.00%).
Toshiro Sakai, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 50–58 from 108 matches (46.30% win rate). His hard-court record is 4–3 (57.14%), on clay he stands at 22–28 (44.00%), and on grass he has gone 14–18 (43.75%) , with a carpet record of 0–1 (0.00%). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 0–3 (0.00%).
When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Toshiro Sakai) across 1 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for John Newcombe).
Date▼ | Tourney | Surface | Round | Wrk | Winner | Lrk | Loser | Score | BoF | Min | WA | WDF | W1stIn | W1st% | W2nd% | BPSvd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975-01-10 | Davis Cup AME SF: AUS vs JPN | Grass | RR | 2 | 178 | 6-4 6-3 6-3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/0 | ||
| 1973-04-20 | Davis Cup AME SF: JPN vs AUS | Clay | RR | - | - | 8-6 6-4 4-6 0-6 6-3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0/0 |